Flint Ridge State Memorial
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Flint Ridge State Memorial is a Native American
flint quarry
located in Hopewell Township
, Licking County, Ohio
, about three miles north of Brownsville
at the intersection of Brownsville Road and Flint Ridge Road. Old quarry pits are visible, and a museum is on the site.
Flint
is a variety of quartz
and the flint on the ridge is the Vanport Limestone Member of the Allegheny Formation
of Pennsylvanian
age.
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
flint quarry
Quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, and gravel. They are often collocated with concrete and asphalt plants due to the requirement...
located in Hopewell Township
Hopewell Township, Licking County, Ohio
Hopewell Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,200 people in the township, 1,104 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
, Licking County, Ohio
Licking County, Ohio
Licking County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 166,492. Its county seat is Newark and is named for the salt licks that were in the area....
, about three miles north of Brownsville
Brownsville, Ohio
Brownsville is a census-designated place in northeastern Bowling Green Township, Licking County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43721. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 40 with State Route 668.Flint Ridge State Memorial is...
at the intersection of Brownsville Road and Flint Ridge Road. Old quarry pits are visible, and a museum is on the site.
Flint
Flint
Flint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown in colour, and...
is a variety of quartz
Quartz
Quartz is the second-most-abundant mineral in the Earth's continental crust, after feldspar. It is made up of a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall formula SiO2. There are many different varieties of quartz,...
and the flint on the ridge is the Vanport Limestone Member of the Allegheny Formation
Allegheny Formation
The Pennsylvanian Allegheny Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in western and central Pennsylvania, western Maryland and West Virginia, and southeastern Ohio...
of Pennsylvanian
Pennsylvanian
The Pennsylvanian is, in the ICS geologic timescale, the younger of two subperiods of the Carboniferous Period. It lasted from roughly . As with most other geochronologic units, the rock beds that define the Pennsylvanian are well identified, but the exact date of the start and end are uncertain...
age.